First stakes winner for Thorne & Kearney Sent off a well-backed 7/2 chance, Jagged Edge made a victorious start in black-type company when landing Killarney's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes. Soon racing in third in the one-mile Listed contest, the Blue Point gelding was able to take a gap on the rail that opened when front-runner Carolina Jetstream, despite Wayne Lordan's best efforts, lugged to her right over a furlong out Once hitting the front, Jack Kearney's mount kept on well to account for Carolina Jetstream by a length and quarter. "We were humming and hawing whether to run, as we wanted him to defend his Cambridgeshire title next weekend, said winning trainer Stephen Thorne. "He won it last year, but would have to lump top weight now and there are smart three-year-olds coming up through the ranks, so we came here instead. "He is a proper horse, won very well in Naas previously and at Royal Ascot, he was drawn on the wrong side. "He was a very sick horse in the spring when we had him lined up for the Lincoln, and we are only getting to know him now. He is a fine big strapping horse who wouldn't look out of place in a Champion Chase, and he has thrived recently. "It has been a quiet enough turf campaign for me, but he is putting me on the map. To get a stakes winner in my second season is special and without my assistant Stephen Mooney, I wouldn't have had the take-off I've had. We picked out Jack Kearney early on and he has delivered on many occasions for us, so I'm delighted for him. It's his first stakes winner too.  "We'll see what's in the programme, maybe look for a Group 3, and we might make an entry for the Balmoral Handicap on Champions Day at Ascot. I think he is a real stakes and Group horse in the making, so hopefully he keeps progressing."   Additional reporting by Tom Weekes
